April 11 – April 12
Cet été qui chantait
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Description
Key words: puppets, shadow theatre, summer memories, family, intergenerational, poetic and sensory journey
We love this show for: its live sound effects, its beauty, its gentleness and its invitation to appreciate our natural environment
A crow, carried by the breeze, flies over the mountains, the valley and finally the river. Follow it as it guides you to the little house with the green shutters at the end of Petite-Rivière-Saint-François Road. There, you’ll find Gabrielle, eyes alight, observing life in this part of the country: the hay dancing in the wind, the flowers growing on a pile of manure, the black and white birds along the flats calling out at low tide, the fireflies whispering at dusk. Inspired by Gabrielle Roy’s book of the same name, written in 1972, Cet été qui chantait is a show full of gentle imagery. Marie-Ève Fontaine recreates the deeply poetic universe of the Franco-Manitoban author in a puppet theatre setting, inviting you on a sensory journey that will appeal to young and old alike.
Location: La Grande Salle, Place des Arts du Grand Sudbury
Duration: 1h without intermission
Spokesperson: Claire-Lucie Brunet
*Optimal seating for viewing our English Surtitles can be found in rows G and up.
Credits
Ideation, Artistic Direction, Text, Creation and Puppeteer-Performer
- Marie-Ève Fontaine
Inspired from the book by
- Gabrielle Roy
Director
- Pierre Robitaille
Sound
- Gérald Laroche
Puppeteer-Performer
- Natalie Labossière
Dramaturgical Accompaniment
- Maureen Labonté
Set Design
- Denis Duguay
A Production by
Flammèche Théâtre
Crédit : Jonathan LorangeUn beau souvenir d'été
Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario presents the cultural mediation project Un beau souvenir d’été, created by Marie-Ève Fontaine, Natalie Labossière and Geneviève Pineault. This special project is offered in conjunction with Marie-Ève Fontaine’s Cet été qui chantait, produced by Flammèche théâtre.
Project description
Led by artist-mediator France Huot, Un beau souvenir d’été proposes a series of exploratory and creative workshops between two classes from Alliance St-Joseph and a group of seniors from Club 50 in Chelmsford. More specifically, each class will take part in seven workshops during which they will engage in epistolary correspondence (letter writing) with the seniors, with a view to exchanging stories and memories around the theme of summer. Through correspondence, discussion and artistic exercises, students will create stories that they will transform into landscape boxes, one of the techniques used in the show Cet été qui chantait. The meeting between students and seniors will take place in person on Friday, April 11 at Place des Arts. The students will have the opportunity to present their creations to the seniors and watch the show together!
Who is Gabrielle Roy?
Gabrielle Roy is a Canadian novelist. Born in 1909 in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, she was the youngest of 11 children in a French-speaking family. She worked as a schoolteacher and then as a journalist – careers that were to nourish her literary universe. Passionate about the theatre, she even left her native Manitoba to study drama in Paris and London. On her return to Canada, she first settled in Montreal. Her first novel, Bonheur d’occasion, was an instant success when published in 1945. She went on to publish many books, drawing on her youth in Manitoba and her years as a teacher. The status of women, the working class and immigration are themes that figure prominently in her work, which was considered avant-garde at the time. Gabrielle Roy also gave pride of place to childhood and the landscapes that shaped her imagination.
Her work is considered a milestone in Canadian literature, in both French and English, for its realism, sensitivity and universality. Gabrielle Roy died in 1983 and is still adored by many readers.
In 1958, Gabrielle Roy and her husband, then living in Quebec City, bought a cottage in Petite-Rivière-Saint François. The author spent every summer there until her death. This enchanting setting inspired the stories in Cet été qui chantait, published in 1972.
The TNO would like to recognize the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario for their support for the school matinee performances! The TNO would also like to thank their show partner : Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens, Club Richelieu de Sudbury and Club Richelieu féminin de Sudbury and their show collaborator: Les Voyagements – Théâtre de création en tournée
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Cet été qui chantait
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